Public Relations & Advertising at Eastern Illinois University

If you are interested in studying public relations and advertising, you may want to check out the program at Eastern Illinois University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

EIU is located in Charleston, Illinois and has a total student population of 8,626. Of the 166 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Illinois University in 2021, 25 of them were public relations and advertising majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Public Relations & Advertising section at the bottom of this page.

EIU Public Relations & Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Relations

EIU Public Relations & Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the public relations progam at EIU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The public relations major at EIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Public Relations & Advertising. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	35
	127
	127
	188
	196

Public Relations Student Demographics at EIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the public relations majors at Eastern Illinois University.

EIU Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 public relations majors earned their bachelor's degree from EIU. Of these graduates, 16% were men and 84% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in public relations at EIU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor's in public relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	17
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

EIU also has a doctoral program available in public relations. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Public Relations & Advertising

If you plan to be a public relations major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Eastern Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Relations	17
Health Communication	8

Careers That Public Relations Grads May Go Into

A degree in public relations can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for IL, the home state for Eastern Illinois University.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Public Relations Specialists	7,360	$66,220
Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	5,160	$119,330
Editors	3,830	$62,590
Communications Professors	1,810	$78,810
Technical Writers	1,460	$69,320

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nyttend under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.